OUTTMPL_TYPES,
POSTPROCESS_WHEN,
Config,
+ deprecation_warning,
expand_path,
format_field,
get_executable_path,
join_nonempty,
+ orderedSet_from_options,
remove_end,
write_string,
)
if root.parse_known_args()[0].ignoreconfig:
return False
# Multiple package names can be given here
- # Eg: ('yt-dlp', 'youtube-dlc', 'youtube-dl') will look for
+ # E.g. ('yt-dlp', 'youtube-dlc', 'youtube-dl') will look for
# the configuration file of any of these three packages
for package in ('yt-dlp',):
if user:
class _YoutubeDLOptionParser(optparse.OptionParser):
# optparse is deprecated since python 3.2. So assume a stable interface even for private methods
+ ALIAS_DEST = '_triggered_aliases'
ALIAS_TRIGGER_LIMIT = 100
def __init__(self):
formatter=_YoutubeDLHelpFormatter(),
conflict_handler='resolve',
)
+ self.set_default(self.ALIAS_DEST, collections.defaultdict(int))
_UNKNOWN_OPTION = (optparse.BadOptionError, optparse.AmbiguousOptionError)
_BAD_OPTION = optparse.OptionValueError
current + value if append is True else value + current)
def _set_from_options_callback(
- option, opt_str, value, parser, delim=',', allowed_values=None, aliases={},
+ option, opt_str, value, parser, allowed_values, delim=',', aliases={},
process=lambda x: x.lower().strip()):
- current = set(getattr(parser.values, option.dest))
- values = [process(value)] if delim is None else list(map(process, value.split(delim)[::-1]))
- while values:
- actual_val = val = values.pop()
- if not val:
- raise optparse.OptionValueError(f'Invalid {option.metavar} for {opt_str}: {value}')
- if val == 'all':
- current.update(allowed_values)
- elif val == '-all':
- current = set()
- elif val in aliases:
- values.extend(aliases[val])
- else:
- if val[0] == '-':
- val = val[1:]
- current.discard(val)
- else:
- current.update([val])
- if allowed_values is not None and val not in allowed_values:
- raise optparse.OptionValueError(f'wrong {option.metavar} for {opt_str}: {actual_val}')
+ values = [process(value)] if delim is None else map(process, value.split(delim))
+ try:
+ requested = orderedSet_from_options(values, collections.ChainMap(aliases, {'all': allowed_values}),
+ start=getattr(parser.values, option.dest))
+ except ValueError as e:
+ raise optparse.OptionValueError(f'wrong {option.metavar} for {opt_str}: {e.args[0]}')
- setattr(parser.values, option.dest, current)
+ setattr(parser.values, option.dest, set(requested))
def _dict_from_options_callback(
option, opt_str, value, parser,
aliases = (x if x.startswith('-') else f'--{x}' for x in map(str.strip, aliases.split(',')))
try:
alias_group.add_option(
- *aliases, help=opts, nargs=nargs, type='str' if nargs else None,
- dest='_triggered_aliases', default=collections.defaultdict(int),
+ *aliases, help=opts, nargs=nargs, dest=parser.ALIAS_DEST, type='str' if nargs else None,
metavar=' '.join(f'ARG{i}' for i in range(nargs)), action='callback',
callback=_alias_callback, callback_kwargs={'opts': opts, 'nargs': nargs})
except Exception as err:
'--extractor-descriptions',
action='store_true', dest='list_extractor_descriptions', default=False,
help='Output descriptions of all supported extractors and exit')
+ general.add_option(
+ '--use-extractors', '--ies',
+ action='callback', dest='allowed_extractors', metavar='NAMES', type='str',
+ default=[], callback=_list_from_options_callback,
+ help=(
+ 'Extractor names to use separated by commas. '
+ 'You can also use regexes, "all", "default" and "end" (end URL matching); '
+ 'e.g. --ies "holodex.*,end,youtube". '
+ 'Prefix the name with a "-" to exclude it, e.g. --ies default,-generic. '
+ 'Use --list-extractors for a list of extractor names. (Alias: --ies)'))
general.add_option(
'--force-generic-extractor',
action='store_true', dest='force_generic_extractor', default=False,
- help='Force extraction to use the generic extractor')
+ help=optparse.SUPPRESS_HELP)
general.add_option(
'--default-search',
dest='default_search', metavar='PREFIX',
help=(
'Use this prefix for unqualified URLs. '
- 'Eg: "gvsearch2:python" downloads two videos from google videos for the search term "python". '
+ 'E.g. "gvsearch2:python" downloads two videos from google videos for the search term "python". '
'Use the value "auto" to let yt-dlp guess ("auto_warning" to emit a warning when guessing). '
'"error" just throws an error. The default value "fixup_error" repairs broken URLs, '
'but emits an error if this is not possible instead of searching'))
'allowed_values': {
'filename', 'filename-sanitization', 'format-sort', 'abort-on-error', 'format-spec', 'no-playlist-metafiles',
'multistreams', 'no-live-chat', 'playlist-index', 'list-formats', 'no-direct-merge',
- 'no-youtube-channel-redirect', 'no-youtube-unavailable-videos', 'no-attach-info-json', 'embed-metadata',
- 'embed-thumbnail-atomicparsley', 'seperate-video-versions', 'no-clean-infojson', 'no-keep-subs', 'no-certifi',
+ 'no-attach-info-json', 'embed-metadata', 'embed-thumbnail-atomicparsley',
+ 'seperate-video-versions', 'no-clean-infojson', 'no-keep-subs', 'no-certifi',
+ 'no-youtube-channel-redirect', 'no-youtube-unavailable-videos', 'no-youtube-prefer-utc-upload-date',
}, 'aliases': {
- 'youtube-dl': ['-multistreams', 'all'],
- 'youtube-dlc': ['-no-youtube-channel-redirect', '-no-live-chat', 'all'],
+ 'youtube-dl': ['all', '-multistreams'],
+ 'youtube-dlc': ['all', '-no-youtube-channel-redirect', '-no-live-chat'],
}
}, help=(
'Options that can help keep compatibility with youtube-dl or youtube-dlc '
help=(
'Create aliases for an option string. Unless an alias starts with a dash "-", it is prefixed with "--". '
'Arguments are parsed according to the Python string formatting mini-language. '
- 'Eg: --alias get-audio,-X "-S=aext:{0},abr -x --audio-format {0}" creates options '
+ 'E.g. --alias get-audio,-X "-S=aext:{0},abr -x --audio-format {0}" creates options '
'"--get-audio" and "-X" that takes an argument (ARG0) and expands to '
'"-S=aext:ARG0,abr -x --audio-format ARG0". All defined aliases are listed in the --help output. '
'Alias options can trigger more aliases; so be careful to avoid defining recursive options. '
'--proxy', dest='proxy',
default=None, metavar='URL',
help=(
- 'Use the specified HTTP/HTTPS/SOCKS proxy. To enable SOCKS proxy, specify a proper scheme. '
- 'Eg: socks5://user:pass@127.0.0.1:1080/. Pass in an empty string (--proxy "") for direct connection'))
+ 'Use the specified HTTP/HTTPS/SOCKS proxy. To enable SOCKS proxy, specify a proper scheme, '
+ 'e.g. socks5://user:pass@127.0.0.1:1080/. Pass in an empty string (--proxy "") for direct connection'))
network.add_option(
'--socket-timeout',
dest='socket_timeout', type=float, default=None, metavar='SECONDS',
'Comma separated playlist_index of the videos to download. '
'You can specify a range using "[START]:[STOP][:STEP]". For backward compatibility, START-STOP is also supported. '
'Use negative indices to count from the right and negative STEP to download in reverse order. '
- 'Eg: "-I 1:3,7,-5::2" used on a playlist of size 15 will download the videos at index 1,2,3,7,11,13,15'))
+ 'E.g. "-I 1:3,7,-5::2" used on a playlist of size 15 will download the videos at index 1,2,3,7,11,13,15'))
selection.add_option(
'--match-title',
dest='matchtitle', metavar='REGEX',
selection.add_option(
'--min-filesize',
metavar='SIZE', dest='min_filesize', default=None,
- help='Do not download any videos smaller than SIZE (e.g. 50k or 44.6m)')
+ help='Do not download any videos smaller than SIZE, e.g. 50k or 44.6M')
selection.add_option(
'--max-filesize',
metavar='SIZE', dest='max_filesize', default=None,
- help='Do not download any videos larger than SIZE (e.g. 50k or 44.6m)')
+ help='Do not download any videos larger than SIZE, e.g. 50k or 44.6M')
selection.add_option(
'--date',
metavar='DATE', dest='date', default=None,
help=(
'Download only videos uploaded on this date. The date can be "YYYYMMDD" or in the format '
- '[now|today|yesterday][-N[day|week|month|year]]. Eg: --date today-2weeks'))
+ '[now|today|yesterday][-N[day|week|month|year]]. E.g. --date today-2weeks'))
selection.add_option(
'--datebefore',
metavar='DATE', dest='datebefore', default=None,
'You can also simply specify a field to match if the field is present, '
'use "!field" to check if the field is not present, and "&" to check multiple conditions. '
'Use a "\\" to escape "&" or quotes if needed. If used multiple times, '
- 'the filter matches if atleast one of the conditions are met. Eg: --match-filter '
+ 'the filter matches if atleast one of the conditions are met. E.g. --match-filter '
'!is_live --match-filter "like_count>?100 & description~=\'(?i)\\bcats \\& dogs\\b\'" '
'matches only videos that are not live OR those that have a like count more than 100 '
'(or the like field is not available) and also has a description '
selection.add_option(
'--break-per-input',
action='store_true', dest='break_per_url', default=False,
- help='Make --break-on-existing, --break-on-reject and --max-downloads act only on the current input URL')
+ help='--break-on-existing, --break-on-reject, --max-downloads, and autonumber resets per input URL')
selection.add_option(
'--no-break-per-input',
action='store_false', dest='break_per_url',
'--merge-output-format',
action='store', dest='merge_output_format', metavar='FORMAT', default=None,
help=(
- 'Containers that may be used when merging formats, separated by "/" (Eg: "mp4/mkv"). '
+ 'Containers that may be used when merging formats, separated by "/", e.g. "mp4/mkv". '
'Ignored if no merge is required. '
f'(currently supported: {", ".join(sorted(FFmpegMergerPP.SUPPORTED_EXTS))})'))
video_format.add_option(
subtitles.add_option(
'--sub-format',
action='store', dest='subtitlesformat', metavar='FORMAT', default='best',
- help='Subtitle format; accepts formats preference, Eg: "srt" or "ass/srt/best"')
+ help='Subtitle format; accepts formats preference, e.g. "srt" or "ass/srt/best"')
subtitles.add_option(
'--sub-langs', '--srt-langs',
action='callback', dest='subtitleslangs', metavar='LANGS', type='str',
default=[], callback=_list_from_options_callback,
help=(
- 'Languages of the subtitles to download (can be regex) or "all" separated by commas. (Eg: --sub-langs "en.*,ja") '
- 'You can prefix the language code with a "-" to exclude it from the requested languages. (Eg: --sub-langs all,-live_chat) '
+ 'Languages of the subtitles to download (can be regex) or "all" separated by commas, e.g. --sub-langs "en.*,ja". '
+ 'You can prefix the language code with a "-" to exclude it from the requested languages, e.g. --sub-langs all,-live_chat. '
'Use --list-subs for a list of available language tags'))
downloader = optparse.OptionGroup(parser, 'Download Options')
downloader.add_option(
'-r', '--limit-rate', '--rate-limit',
dest='ratelimit', metavar='RATE',
- help='Maximum download rate in bytes per second (e.g. 50K or 4.2M)')
+ help='Maximum download rate in bytes per second, e.g. 50K or 4.2M')
downloader.add_option(
'--throttled-rate',
dest='throttledratelimit', metavar='RATE',
- help='Minimum download rate in bytes per second below which throttling is assumed and the video data is re-extracted (e.g. 100K)')
+ help='Minimum download rate in bytes per second below which throttling is assumed and the video data is re-extracted, e.g. 100K')
downloader.add_option(
'-R', '--retries',
dest='retries', metavar='RETRIES', default=10,
'Time to sleep between retries in seconds (optionally) prefixed by the type of retry '
'(http (default), fragment, file_access, extractor) to apply the sleep to. '
'EXPR can be a number, linear=START[:END[:STEP=1]] or exp=START[:END[:BASE=2]]. '
- 'This option can be used multiple times to set the sleep for the different retry types. '
- 'Eg: --retry-sleep linear=1::2 --retry-sleep fragment:exp=1:20'))
+ 'This option can be used multiple times to set the sleep for the different retry types, '
+ 'e.g. --retry-sleep linear=1::2 --retry-sleep fragment:exp=1:20'))
downloader.add_option(
'--skip-unavailable-fragments', '--no-abort-on-unavailable-fragment',
action='store_true', dest='skip_unavailable_fragments', default=True,
downloader.add_option(
'--buffer-size',
dest='buffersize', metavar='SIZE', default='1024',
- help='Size of download buffer (e.g. 1024 or 16K) (default is %default)')
+ help='Size of download buffer, e.g. 1024 or 16K (default is %default)')
downloader.add_option(
'--resize-buffer',
action='store_false', dest='noresizebuffer',
'--http-chunk-size',
dest='http_chunk_size', metavar='SIZE', default=None,
help=(
- 'Size of a chunk for chunk-based HTTP downloading (e.g. 10485760 or 10M) (default is disabled). '
+ 'Size of a chunk for chunk-based HTTP downloading, e.g. 10485760 or 10M (default is disabled). '
'May be useful for bypassing bandwidth throttling imposed by a webserver (experimental)'))
downloader.add_option(
'--test',
help=(
'Download only chapters whose title matches the given regular expression. '
'Time ranges prefixed by a "*" can also be used in place of chapters to download the specified range. '
- 'Eg: --download-sections "*10:15-15:00" --download-sections "intro". '
- 'Needs ffmpeg. This option can be used multiple times to download multiple sections'))
+ 'Needs ffmpeg. This option can be used multiple times to download multiple sections, '
+ 'e.g. --download-sections "*10:15-inf" --download-sections "intro"'))
downloader.add_option(
'--downloader', '--external-downloader',
dest='external_downloader', metavar='[PROTO:]NAME', default={}, type='str',
'the protocols (http, ftp, m3u8, dash, rstp, rtmp, mms) to use it for. '
f'Currently supports native, {", ".join(sorted(list_external_downloaders()))}. '
'You can use this option multiple times to set different downloaders for different protocols. '
- 'For example, --downloader aria2c --downloader "dash,m3u8:native" will use '
+ 'E.g. --downloader aria2c --downloader "dash,m3u8:native" will use '
'aria2c for http/ftp downloads, and the native downloader for dash/m3u8 downloads '
'(Alias: --external-downloader)'))
downloader.add_option(
'Template for progress outputs, optionally prefixed with one of "download:" (default), '
'"download-title:" (the console title), "postprocess:", or "postprocess-title:". '
'The video\'s fields are accessible under the "info" key and '
- 'the progress attributes are accessible under "progress" key. E.g.: '
+ 'the progress attributes are accessible under "progress" key. E.g. '
# TODO: Document the fields inside "progress"
'--console-title --progress-template "download-title:%(info.id)s-%(progress.eta)s"'))
verbosity.add_option(
help='Do not read/dump cookies from/to file (default)')
filesystem.add_option(
'--cookies-from-browser',
- dest='cookiesfrombrowser', metavar='BROWSER[+KEYRING][:PROFILE]',
+ dest='cookiesfrombrowser', metavar='BROWSER[+KEYRING][:PROFILE][::CONTAINER]',
help=(
- 'The name of the browser and (optionally) the name/path of '
- 'the profile to load cookies from, separated by a ":". '
+ 'The name of the browser to load cookies from. '
f'Currently supported browsers are: {", ".join(sorted(SUPPORTED_BROWSERS))}. '
- 'By default, the most recently accessed profile is used. '
- 'The keyring used for decrypting Chromium cookies on Linux can be '
- '(optionally) specified after the browser name separated by a "+". '
+ 'Optionally, the KEYRING used for decrypting Chromium cookies on Linux, '
+ 'the name/path of the PROFILE to load cookies from, '
+ 'and the CONTAINER name (if Firefox) ("none" for no container) '
+ 'can be given with their respective seperators. '
+ 'By default, all containers of the most recently accessed profile are used. '
f'Currently supported keyrings are: {", ".join(map(str.lower, sorted(SUPPORTED_KEYRINGS)))}'))
filesystem.add_option(
'--no-cookies-from-browser',
help='Do not load cookies from browser (default)')
filesystem.add_option(
'--cache-dir', dest='cachedir', default=None, metavar='DIR',
- help='Location in the filesystem where youtube-dl can store some downloaded information (such as client ids and signatures) permanently. By default $XDG_CACHE_HOME/yt-dlp or ~/.cache/yt-dlp')
+ help=(
+ 'Location in the filesystem where yt-dlp can store some downloaded information '
+ '(such as client ids and signatures) permanently. By default ${XDG_CACHE_HOME}/yt-dlp'))
filesystem.add_option(
'--no-cache-dir', action='store_false', dest='cachedir',
help='Disable filesystem caching')
'Remux the video into another container if necessary '
f'(currently supported: {", ".join(FFmpegVideoRemuxerPP.SUPPORTED_EXTS)}). '
'If target container does not support the video/audio codec, remuxing will fail. You can specify multiple rules; '
- 'Eg. "aac>m4a/mov>mp4/mkv" will remux aac to m4a, mov to mp4 and anything else to mkv'))
+ 'e.g. "aac>m4a/mov>mp4/mkv" will remux aac to m4a, mov to mp4 and anything else to mkv'))
postproc.add_option(
'--recode-video',
metavar='FORMAT', dest='recodevideo', default=None,
'You can also specify "PP+EXE:ARGS" to give the arguments to the specified executable '
'only when being used by the specified postprocessor. Additionally, for ffmpeg/ffprobe, '
'"_i"/"_o" can be appended to the prefix optionally followed by a number to pass the argument '
- 'before the specified input/output file. Eg: --ppa "Merger+ffmpeg_i1:-v quiet". '
+ 'before the specified input/output file, e.g. --ppa "Merger+ffmpeg_i1:-v quiet". '
'You can use this option multiple times to give different arguments to different '
'postprocessors. (Alias: --ppa)'))
postproc.add_option(
'SponsorBlock categories to create chapters for, separated by commas. '
f'Available categories are {", ".join(SponsorBlockPP.CATEGORIES.keys())}, all and default (=all). '
'You can prefix the category with a "-" to exclude it. See [1] for description of the categories. '
- 'Eg: --sponsorblock-mark all,-preview [1] https://wiki.sponsor.ajay.app/w/Segment_Categories'))
+ 'E.g. --sponsorblock-mark all,-preview [1] https://wiki.sponsor.ajay.app/w/Segment_Categories'))
sponsorblock.add_option(
'--sponsorblock-remove', metavar='CATS',
dest='sponsorblock_remove', default=set(), action='callback', type='str',
val.replace(r'\,', ',').strip() for val in re.split(r'(?<!\\),', vals)])
extractor.add_option(
'--extractor-args',
- metavar='KEY:ARGS', dest='extractor_args', default={}, type='str',
+ metavar='IE_KEY:ARGS', dest='extractor_args', default={}, type='str',
action='callback', callback=_dict_from_options_callback,
callback_kwargs={
'multiple_keys': False,
'process': lambda val: dict(
_extractor_arg_parser(*arg.split('=', 1)) for arg in val.split(';'))
}, help=(
- 'Pass these arguments to the extractor. See "EXTRACTOR ARGUMENTS" for details. '
+ 'Pass ARGS arguments to the IE_KEY extractor. See "EXTRACTOR ARGUMENTS" for details. '
'You can use this option multiple times to give arguments for different extractors'))
extractor.add_option(
'--youtube-include-dash-manifest', '--no-youtube-skip-dash-manifest',
def _hide_login_info(opts):
- write_string(
- 'DeprecationWarning: "yt_dlp.options._hide_login_info" is deprecated and may be removed in a future version. '
- 'Use "yt_dlp.utils.Config.hide_login_info" instead\n')
+ deprecation_warning(f'"{__name__}._hide_login_info" is deprecated and may be removed '
+ 'in a future version. Use "yt_dlp.utils.Config.hide_login_info" instead')
return Config.hide_login_info(opts)
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